>>> THE CHECKS PROMISED MONTHS AGO ARE ARRIVING JUST AS GAS PRICES HIT NEW RECORDS.

OUR REPORTER HAS THE DETAILS ON WHO WILL GET ONE AND FOR HOW MUCH.

>> STARTING FRIDAY WE WILL BEGIN TO SEND OF THE MONEY TO HELP WEATHER THE STORM OF HIGH FOOD, GAS, RED, AND UTILITY COSTS.

THE REFUND IS A ONE-TIME PAYMENT TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO CALIFORNIANS.

YOU HAVE TO HAVE FILED FOR YOUR TAX RETURN BY LAST OCTOBER 50 PAYMENTS WITH A RANGE FROM 400 TO $1050 FOR COUPLES FILING JOINTLY.

200 $-700 FOR ALL OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

HOW MUCH SOMEONE GETS DEPENDS ON THEIR INCOME AND WHETHER THEY CLAIM DEPENDENT.

>> UP TO 23 MILLION CALIFORNIANS WILL BEGIN TO BENEFIT FROM THE NATION'S LARGEST STATE TAX REFUND.

SOME $9.5 BILLION.

>> THE GOVERNOR'S OFFICE SAYS A TOTAL OF 18 MILLION PAYMENTS WILL BE DISTRIBUTED, BUT WILL MAKE SIGNIFICANT HAD TO INFLATION?

THIS PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS DOES NOT THINK SO.

>> IT WILL ADD A NICE CUSHION.

HIGHER INFLATION IS STARTING TO GET INTO THAT.

THIS WILL HELP A LITTLE BIT.

AS LONG AS YOU CONTINUE TO SEE THE INCREASED INTEREST RATES BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE I AM NOT THAT CONCERNED THAT THIS ONE TIME THING WILL HAVE A HUGE IMPACT.

>> IN SOME OTHER POTENTIAL GOODNESS PER GAS PRICES MIGHT BE ABOUT TO GO BACK DOWN SAYS AAA.

>> THEY ARE NOW EXPERIENCING ALL-TIME RECORD GAS PRICES.

6.43 PER GALLON IN SAN DIEGO TODAY.

PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE THAT GAS PRICES SHOULD BE COMING DOWN.

IF YOU CAN PUT OFF FILLING UP THAT IS A GOOD IDEA.

>> AN ESTIMATED 8 MILLION DIRECT DEPOSITS WILL START TO ARRIVE FROM OCTOBER 7 THROUGH NOVEMBER 14.

AN ESTIMATED 10 MILLION DEBIT CARDS WILL BE DELIVERED FROM OCTOBER 25 THROUGH JANUARY 15.

THEY ARE ALSO AVAILABLE FOR FILERS WHO USE INDIVIDUAL TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER INSTEAD OF A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.

TO DETERMINE PAYMENT ELIGIBILITY VISIT TAX REFUND.CA.GOV.>>> WE HAVE BREAKING NEWS TONIGHT.

YET ANOTHER SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL INMATE HAS DIED POTENTIAL THE SETTING A RECORD.

SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES SAY THIS IS THE 19th IN CUSTODY DEATH THIS YEAR.

THEY HELD A NEWS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT HEADQUARTERS A SHORT TIME AGO, AND THAT IS WHERE OUR REPORTER IS STANDING BY RIGHT NOW.

WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?>> Reporter: THIS IS NOW A HOMICIDE INVESTIGATION AND THE INMATE AT AFTER BEING ASSAULTED BY OTHER INMATES AT THE DETENTION FACILITY.

THE INMATE IS BEING IDENTIFIED AS 52-YEAR-OLD RAYMOND FOGELMAN.

THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT SAYS THAT JUST AFTER 7:00 LAST NIGHT DEPUTIES NOTICED SEVERAL PEOPLE FIGHTING AND SEPARATED THEM.

THEY FOUND HIM NEAR HIS LONGER WITH INJURIES THAT NEEDED EMERGENCY TREATMENT FOR HE WAS TAKEN TO A HOSPITAL WHERE HE DIED.

THIS IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF DEATHS FOR THE SAN DIEGO COUNTY JAIL SYSTEM OVER THE PAST TWO YEARS.

JUST A SHORT TIME AGO SOCIAL JUSTICE ADVOCATES HELD AN EMERGENCY NEWS CONFERENCE OUTSIDE THE SHARES HEADQUARTERS SAYING THEY HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS.>> WHERE WERE THEY WORKING?

WHERE WERE THE VIDEOCAMERAS?

ALL OF THESE WERE OUTLINED IN THE AUDIT THAT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT UNDERWENT.

WE ARE HERE TO SAY THIS NUMBER 19 BREAKS THE RECORDS OF PREVIOUS YEARS AND WE ARE WAITING WITH BAITED BREATH UNTIL THE NEXT.

WE WILL FIGHT WITH YOU TO GET ANSWERS ON WHAT HAPPENED AND WHY THESE SAFEGUARDS WERE NOT IN PLACE.

>> HE HAD BEEN IN CUSTODY ON BURGLARY CHARGES SINCE MARCH AND WAS SENT TO THE BAILEY DETENTION CENTER LAST MONTH AT THE SHERIFF DEPARTMENT AND SEND US A STATEMENT SAYING THERE IS ONGOING EFFORTS TO MIRROR THE RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE STATE AUDIT AND IT IS STEADFAST IN ITS COMMITMENT TO KEY PEOPLE IN ITS CUSTODY SAFE.

WE WILL KEEP ON THIS STORY AND BRING YOU THE VERY LATEST, BUT FOR NOW BACK TO YOU IN THE STUDIO.

>>> AN AUDIT OF THE SAN DIEGO POLICE DEPARTMENT FOUND OFFICERS WERE NOT USING THEIR BODY CAMERAS PROPERLY.

TODAY THE CITY COUNCIL'S PUBLIC SAFETY UNLIVABLE NEIGHBORHOODS COMMUNITY HEARD A PRESENTATION ON THE FINDINGS.

THEY SAY THEY COULD NOT FIND A RECORD OF BODY CAMERA VIDEO FOR 15-40 PERCENT OF OFFICERS DISPATCHED.

IN MANY CASES THEY DID NOT RECORD THE ENTIRE INCIDENT.

THE POLICE CHIEF IS PROMISING TO DO BETTER.

>> TALK ABOUT WHERE WE ARE AS FAR AS THE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AS WE SIT IN THE RECOMMENDATIONS HAVE BEEN PLACED INTO OUR PROCEDURE.

THAT AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW IS GOING THROUGH THE ROUTING PROCESS FOR SIGNATURES TO INCLUDE MY OWN SIGNATURE.

I EXPECT THAT TO BE DONE WITHIN THE NEXT 30 CALENDAR DAYS.

>> THERE WAS GOOD NEWS THAT CAME OUT OF THE AUDIT.

98% OF IT IS YOUR CAPTAIN AS LONG AS REQUIRED AND VIDEOS OFFICER INVOLVED SHOOTINGS WERE RELEASED WITHIN 10 DAYS.

CALIFORNIA LAWS OF THE VIDEOS HAVE TO BE RELEASED WITHIN 45 DAYS.

>>> PRESIDENT BIDEN IS TAKING HIS FIRST MAJOR STEP TOWARDS DECRIMINALIZING MARIJUANA.

TODAY HE ANNOUNCED HE WILL BE PARDONING ALL PRIOR FEDERAL OFFENSES OF SIMPLE MARIJUANA POSSESSION, WHICH WOULD AFFECT THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS.

HE IS ALSO ENCOURAGING GOVERNORS TO TAKE SIMILAR STEPS TO PARDON STATE CHARGES.

IT FULFILLS A CAMPAIGN PLEDGE TO ERASE PRIOR FEDERAL POSSESSION CONVICTIONS AND BEGINS THE PROCESS OF LOOSING FEDERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE DRUG.

>>> A SETBACK FOR DREAMERS.

A FEDERAL APPEALS COURT RULED THAT THE DEFERRED ACTION FOR CHILDHOOD ARRIVALS PROGRAM IS ON LIFE WILL.

OUR REPORTER EXPLAINS WHAT THE DECISION MEANS.>> WHILE THIS IS YET ANOTHER BLOW TO THEM THERE IS A CHANCE A LOWER COURT COULD RULE IN THEIR FAVOR.

>> THEY HAVE SENT THE CASE BACK DOWN TO THE DISTRICT COURT TO CONSIDER THE NEW BIDEN ADMINISTRATION'S RULE.

>> THEY WILL CONSIDER THE LOCALITY.

THERE ARE ROUGHLY 600,000 RECIPIENTS IN THE COUNTRY.

MORE THAN 10,000 OF THEM ARE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THEY ARE TIRED OF BEING IN A CONSTANT STATE OF LIMBO.

>> THEY ARE TIRED.

INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE IT AND WE HAVE HEARD THEM SPEAK OUT SINCE THE DECISION CAME DOWN YESTERDAY AFTERNOON.

EXPRESSING EXHAUSTION AND ANGER.

BEING BURNED OUT OF LIVING BETWEEN COURT DECISIONS.

>> THE MAYOR SAYS THE RULING IS YET ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF WHY IMMIGRATION NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY CONGRESS AND NOT THE COURTS.

>> AT SOME POINT THERE HAVE TO BE SOME LEVEL OF FUNCTIONALITY BROUGHT TO THE SYSTEM.

>> THEY ARE EXPECTED TO MAKE A DECISION BY THE END OF THE YEAR.>>> COMING UP.

WE TAKE A LOOK INTO INJURIES AT THE BORDER WALL AND THE DEBATE OVER WHO SHOULD COVER MEDICAL COSTS FOR THOSE WHO ARE HURT.

>>> TRAVEL WOULD BE GREAT IF THEY WERE NOT SO SLOW, RIGHT?

IN AN EFFORT TO BRAINSTORM IDEAS CIRCULATION DATA PUBLISHED SUGGESTIONS THAT COULD MAKE THE SYSTEM BETTER FOR RIDERS.

>> ABOUT HOW WE CAN MAKE THE BUS SYSTEM GO FASTER SO IT IS MORE CONVENIENT TO RIDERS.

NONE OF THEM BY THEMSELVES WILL MAKE THE TRIPS FASTER, BUT TOGETHER THEY WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE.>> AMONG THE IDEAS ARE GIVING THEM PRIORITY IS SIGNALS.

ELIMINATING STOPS.

LONGER HOURS OF OPERATION AND OFFERING DIFFERENT AREAS TO PAY FOR FARES.

>>> IT WAS AMTRAK'S SURF LINER AND NOW THERE IS NO COASTER SERVICE IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

THE RAIL LINE IS CLOSED FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE.

THERE IS NO REPLACEMENT BUS SERVICE AVAILABLE.

IT WILL BE BACK UP AND RUNNING MONDAY MORNING, BUT THE TRAINS MAY BE DELAYED UP TO 15 MINUTES.

>>> GAS PRICES ARE HITTING RECORDS.

SOON THE REST OF THE COUNTRY COULD START TO FEEL OUR PAIN.

A DRASTIC CUT IN GLOBAL OIL OUTPUT IS COMING.

>> LESS SUPPLY IN CRUDE OIL EQUALS LESS SUPPLY OF GASOLINE AND THAT A CURRENT DEMAND LEVELS EQUALS HIGHER PRICES.

>> WILL EXPERTS WARNED THE PRICE OF GAS IS ABOUT TO SURGE AFTER THEY AGREED TO CUT PRODUCTION BY 2 MILLION BARRELS PER DAY.

>> EVERYTHING HAS A PRICE.

ENERGY SECURITY HAS A PRICE AS WELL.

>> A MAJOR LOSS FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION THAT LAUNCHED A FULL-SCALE CAMPAIGN IN A LAST EFFORT TO DISSUADE THEM FROM CUTTING PRODUCTION ACCORDING TO MULTIPLE SOURCES.

>> DISAPPOINTMENT.

WE ARE LOOKING AT WHAT ALTERNATIVES THEY MAY HAVE.

'S BEEN A WEEK BEFORE THE ELECTION THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS SIFTING THROUGH OPTIONS TO KEEP GAS PRICES DOWN.

>> WE BELIEVE WE HAVE THE TOOLS AT HOME TO WORK WITH OUR ALLIES IN CONGRESS TO MAKE SURE WE ADDRESS THE STATEMENT THEY MADE YESTERDAY, WHICH WAS THE WRONG DIRECTION.

I BELIEVE IT WILL HAVE LESS OF AN IMPACT ON THEM AND MORE ON LOWER INCOME COUNTRIES AROUND THE WORLD.

>> THERE IS A NEW KING WHEN IT COMES TO CROPS GROWN IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY.

AT THE SAME TIME OUR REPORTER SAYS FARMERS IN THE COUNTY ARE PRODUCING MUCH LESS OF A LONGTIME STABLE OF LOCAL AGRICULTURE.

>> THINK OF WHAT DRIVES SAN DIEGO'S ECONOMY, AND TOURISM PROBABLY COMES TO MY.

AGRICULTURE IS ALSO A HUGE PART OF OUR PICTURE.

ACCOUNTING FOR 1 3/4 OF $1 BILLION IN 2021.

NOW FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 12 YEARS THEY HAVE A NEW NUMBER ONE WHEN IT COMES TO PRODUCTION AND SALES.

YOU CAN FIND IT OR THEM AT ANY LOCAL NURSERY.

WHETHER IT IS THE NEW TOP CROP OR THE OLD NUMBER ONE BUSINESSES BRISK AT PLACES LIKE RIGHT HERE.

A PERENNIAL STAPLE PLUMMETED IN THE LAST REPORT.

AVOCADOS.

>> HERE AT THE MONTHLY MEETING OF THE FARM BUREAU THIS HOLDER CULTURIST IS FEELING GOOD ABOUT HOW BUSINESSES ARE GOING.

>> THE INTEREST HAS INCREASED SO MUCH IN PEOPLE HAVE BEEN BUYING MORE AND MORE PLANTS.

>> HE SAYS THE SEEMINGLY NEVER- ENDING DROUGHT HAS HELPED THEIR BUSINESS TOO.

THE PLANTS ARE SELLING WELL.

ON THE OTHER HAND THE DROUGHT HURTS THE AVOCADO GROWERS LIKE HIM AS THE WATER GETS MORE EXPENSIVE.

FOR THEM THAT HE SAYS DAYS OF EXTREMELY HOT WEATHER OUR DISASTROUS.

>> WE HAD PRETTY GOOD HEAT IN MAY 2020, WHICH AFFECTED THE FLOWERING STAGE.

WHICH COULD HAVE AFFECTED THE PRODUCTION FOR 2021.

>> ANOTHER ONE SAID THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED THAT WOULD SEEM TO BE WHAT IS BEHIND THIS DROP IN VALUE.

THE FIRST AND THAT HAS HAPPENED SINCE THE COUNTY BEGAN TRACKING AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION IN 1996.

THEY SEE A SILVER LINING FOR HIS DELICIOUS CROP.

>> PRICES HAVE RISEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS BECAUSE THE PRODUCTION HAS NOT BEEN THERE.

WITH THE HIGHER PRICE YOU CAN STILL PAY THE BILLS.

>> OVERALL THE VALUES FELL FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2018.

DOWN MORE THAN 3%.

STILL AGRICULTURE IS THE FIFTH BIGGEST INDUSTRY HERE.

HELPING TO FEED MILLIONS OF PEOPLE.

TO MAKE SPACES AND PLACES MORE BEAUTIFUL AND TO HELP KEEP THE COUNTY'S BUDGET IN THE GREEN.

>>> WEST COAST LEADERS GATHERED IN THE BAY AREA TODAY TO SIGN A NEW CLIMATE AGREEMENT.

THE GOVERNOR WAS JOINED BY THE GOVERNORS OF WASHINGTON AND OREGON AS WELL AS THE PREMIER TO UPDATE A ESTABLISHMENT.

IT AIMS TO REDUCE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS BY AT LEAST 80% BY THE YEAR 2050.

>>> WE HAVE A WARMING TREND TAKING OVER.

THE WARMEST WILL BE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY WITH AN OFFSHORE BREEZE.

THAT IS A WARM WIND DIRECTION FOR US.

NULLIFIES THE PACIFIC INFLUENCE, AND TAKES THE AIR FROM THE INTERIOR TO THE COASTLINE.

ENOUGH FOR A STRAY THUNDERSTORM OR 2 IN THE INTERIOR AS THERE IS AN UPPER-LEVEL LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM LURKING OVER NORTHWESTERN MEXICO PEE-WEE WILL ALSO TURN COOLER NEXT WEEK, SO THERE ARE SOME CHANGES IN PLAY.

67 IN SAN DIEGO.

YOU CAN SEE THE MOISTURE TIED TO THAT UPPER-LEVEL LOW.

ULTIMATELY PERFORMING MORE LIKE A LATE-SEASON MONSOON ON FRIDAY.

ME IN THE WELL TO THE EAST IT WILL SHOW YOU THE FUTURE RADAR.

A SMALL CHANCE OF A STRAY STORM IN OUR EASTERN COUNTIES.

98 IN BORREGO SPRINGS.

MID 70s OUT THERE IN OCEANSIDE AND SAN DIEGO.

THE OFFSHORE WIND BECOMES A LITTLE MORE ESTABLISHED INTO SATURDAY.

THAT IS A WARMING WIND FOR US HERE.

HEATING UP ABOVE AVERAGE.

YOU CAN SEE A HINT OF SOME STRAY STORMS NOT TOO FAR FROM INLAND SAN DIEGO COUNTY AND OFF TO THE EAST NEAR IMPERIAL.

WE WILL HAVE TO KEEP AN EYE ON THEM ON SATURDAY.

WE WARM UP TO 77 ON SATURDAY.

A LITTLE MORE HUMAN THAN NORMAL FOR US FOR THIS TIME OF THE YEAR.

YOU CAN SEE THE WARM UP TO 84 ON SATURDAY AND THEN WE GO BACK DOWN ON TUESDAY.

INTO THE MOUNTAINS.

WE HAVE A STRAY THUNDERSTORM.

PERHAPS THE SATURDAY.

MORE LIKELY ON SUNDAY.

BE COOL DOWN PRETTY NICELY.

A QUICK LOOK AT THE DESERTS.

STAYING IN THE DOUBLE DIGITS.

GETTING DEEPER INTO THE FALL.

>>> IN THE NUMBER OF MIGRANTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER FALLING FROM THE BORDER WALL IS AT A RECORD HIGH.

WHO IS PICKING UP THE BILL?

IT USED TO BE CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION.

OUR REPORTER FOLLOW THE MONEY AND FOUND THAT IS INCREASINGLY NOT THE CASE.

>> FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT DELIVER ON HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE TO BUILD A NEW WALLCOVERING THE ENTIRETY OF THE BORDER.

HIS ADMINISTRATION DID SUCCEED IN DOUBLING THE HEIGHT OF SOME OF THE EXISTING PORTIONS OF THE BORDER WALL.

THOUGH THERE IS LITTLE EVIDENCE THAT ACTUALLY SLOWED EVIL BORDER CROSSING IT HAS CAUSED A BIG SPIKE AND SERIOUS INJURIES TO PEOPLE WHO HAVE FALLEN OFF OF THE WALL.

THEY RECEIVED 270 WATERFALL PATIENTS LAST YEAR.

200 MORE THAN 2019 WHEN THE WALL WAS AT A LOWER HEIGHT.

THEY ARE ALREADY IN PLACE FOR MORE THAN 300 THIS YEAR.

THIS IS THE HEAD OF THE TRAUMA UNIT AND SO THEY ARE GETTING SO MANY PATIENTS FROM CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION THAN THEY NOW THE SPECIAL SECTION JUST FOR THEM.

>> WE HAD TO OPEN UP ANOTHER WARD JUST TO DEAL WITH THE SURGE FROM THEM.

>> MANY RECORDED CLINK THESE DAYS AND MULTIPLE SURGERIES TO RECOVER FROM BROKEN BONES.

>> THE NEW REALITY IS PUTTING PRESSURE ON HOSPITAL RESOURCES.

>> AS THE MORE SURGERIES THAT ARE REQUIRED THE MORE EXPENSIVE THINGS ARE AS WELL.

>> WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR PICKING UP THE BILL?

THAT IS WHERE THINGS GET A LITTLE MURKY.

CBP IS RESPONSIBLE IF THEY ARE IN THEIR CUSTODY WHEN DISCHARGED FROM THE HOSPITAL.

THAT WAS USUALLY THE CASE AS RECENTLY AS 2019-20.

DATA SHOWS THEY PAY FOR ROUGHLY 75% OF THE PATIENTS THEIR AGES BROUGHT INTO THE HOSPITAL IN 2019 AND 80% IN 2020.

STAFF AT THE TRAUMA UNIT SAW A SHIFT IN 2021.

>> NOW WE NOTICE THEY ARE NOT STICKING AROUND AS MUCH.

>> REFERRING TO THE AGENTS.

THEY BEGAN TO KEEP FAR FEWER PATIENTS IN CUSTODY.

INSTEAD THE AGENTS WERE INCREASINGLY GIVEN A NOTICE TO APPEAR IN IMMIGRATION COURT AND WALKING AWAY.

THIS COINCIDED WITH A NEW CALIFORNIA LAW THAT EXPANDED HEALTH BENEFITS UNDER THE STATE'S TAXPAYER-FUNDED PROGRAM TO UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS.

THEY SAY BY RELEASING THEM FROM CUSTODY THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY HANDING THEIR HOSPITAL BILLS OVER TO CALIFORNIA TO PAY FOR THEM WITH A MIX OF FEDERAL AND STATE FUNDS.

THEIR OWN DATA BACKS THIS UP.

THE FEDERAL AGENCY COVERED THE MEDICAL EXPENSES OF ROUGHLY 3000 PATIENTS IN THE FISCAL YEAR 2019-20.

THAT NUMBER DROPPED TO 1320 20- 21 TO 2550 DURING THE FIRST 10 MONTHS OF THE CURRENT YEAR.

MEANWHILE THE AVERAGE COST PER PATIENT HAS QUADRUPLED.

OFFICIALS WOULD NOT COMMENT SPECIFICALLY ON THE REASON BEHIND THE NEW APPROACH.

INSTEAD ISSUED A STATEMENT CONFIRMING PATIENTS WHO WERE NOT KEPT IN CUSTODY RECEIVED A NOTICE TO APPEAR IN IMMIGRATION COURT.

THIS IS DRAWING CRITICISM FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE DEBATE.

HE IS AN OUTSPOKEN CRITIC OF THEIR SO-CALLED CATCH AND RELEASE POLICY.

>> IN ESSENCE THEY ARE SAYING WE ARE GOING TO RELEASE YOU INTO THE COUNTRY AND WE ARE NOT GOING TO WORRY ABOUT YOU ANYMORE.

>> HE SAYS THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK THEY WILL SIMPLY NOT SHOW UP TO THE COURT HEARINGS AND CONTINUE TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY WITH NO LEGAL STATUS.

>> IT MAKE SENSE IF YOU THINK ABOUT IT BECAUSE IF THEY ARE THERE ANY LEGALLY WHAT IS THE POINT IN GOING TO COURT WHERE YOU MIGHT BE DETAINED AND ACTUALLY DEPORTED FROM THE COUNTRY?

>> HE IS AN IMMIGRANT RIGHTS ACTIVIST AND SAID THE TALLER WALL WAS BUILT SPECIFICALLY TO INJURED PEOPLE AND DETER OTHERS FROM CROSSING ILLEGALLY.

THE FACT THEY ARE NOT PAYING FOR MANY OF THE PATIENTS IS A SIGN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT IS NOT TAKING RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE CONSEQUENCES OF EXTENDING THE BORDER WALL.

>> THEY ARE LEAVING THE REST OF THE COUNTY IN CALIFORNIA TO PAY FOR THE INJURIES THAT ARE CAUSED AS A RESULT OF POORLY THOUGHT THROUGH ENFORCEMENT PLAN SUCH AS THE BORDER WALL THAT IS CAUSING THESE INJURIES.

>> THEY VIEW IT AS A LARGER TREND IN WHICH LOCAL COMMUNITIES END UP PAYING FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S POLICIES.

>> THERE ARE NUMEROUS STUDIES THAT HAVE BEEN DONE ON THE COST OF THIS KIND OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

ALL OF THOSE STUDIES SHOW THE VAST MAJORITY OF THE COSTS ARE PAID BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS AND NOT THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.

HEALTHCARE COSTS ARE ONE OF THE BIG FACTORS.

>> HE BLAMED THIS ON THEIR ENFORCEMENT POLICIES.

>>> A FORMER POLICE OFFICER KILLS DOZENS OF CHILDREN AND ADULTS AT A DAYCARE CENTER IN NORTHEAST HIGHLAND.

COMING UP AT 7:00 RIGHT AFTER "EVENING EDITION" ON KPBS.

>>> DO YOU THROW AWAY FOOD BASED ON THE EXPIRATION DATE ON THE LABEL BECAUSE IT COULD STILL BE PERFECTLY FINE TO EACH.

THE LABELS ARE DRUNK SCRUTINY FOR CREATING MORE FOOD WASTE.

FOR DECADES MANUFACTURERS USE THESE LEVELS TO ESTIMATE PEAK FRESHNESS, BUT THE EXPIRATION DATE DOES NOT NECESSARILY MEAN IT IS NOT SAFE TO CONSUME.

THIS FOOD WASTE NONPROFIT ESTIMATES 7% OF U.S. FOOD WASTE IS DUE TO CONSUMER CONFUSION OVER THE LABELS, AND THAT AMOUNTS TO 4 MILLION TONS ANNUALLY.

>> THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE ARE MISINTERPRETING THE LABELS ON THE FOOD AND THEY ARE PREMATURELY THROWING IT AWAY BECAUSE OF THAT.

THAT'S LEADING TO QUITE A BIT OF FOOD GOING TO BASED AROUND THE WHOLE COUNTRY.

>> SOME COMPANIES AND GROCERS ARE PUSHING TO STANDARDIZE THE LANGUAGE ON DATE LABELS.

THIS WAS BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION IN CONGRESS.

THE UNITED NATIONS ESTIMATES 17% OF GLOBAL FOOD PRODUCTION IS WASTED EACH YEAR.

MOST OF WHICH COMES FROM HOUSEHOLDS.

>>> BUYING A CAR IS ONE OF LIFE'S BIG EXPENSES AND IS GROWING INCREASINGLY TOUGHER TO AFFORD.

SOARING INTEREST RATES AND ONGOING AUTO PARTS SHORTAGES COUPLED WITH HIGH DEMAND ARE LEADING TO HIGHER COSTS.

IF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BUY A NEW OR USED CAR UNTIL PRICES COME DOWN YOU COULD BE WAITING A LOT LONGER.

>> HIGH DEMAND AND SOARING INTEREST RATES ARE ALL DRIVING UP CAR PRICES.

>> IT MEANS YOU CANNOT FIND WHAT YOU WANT AND YOU WILL PAY MORE FOR IT.

>> IF YOU HAVE BEEN WAITING TO BUY A NEW OR USED CAR DO NOT EXPECT THE CAR MARKET TO COME DOWN TO NORMAL LEVELS ANYTIME SOON.

COMPANIES AND DEALERS HAVE LITTLE INCENTIVES TO TAKE ACTION TO BRING DOWN COSTS.

>> THERE ARE NOT MANY NEW CARS AVAILABLE.

OTHERS HAVE SAID THEY DO NOT HAVE A LOT OF SUPPLY.

THE USED CARS ARE HIGHLY PRICED .

>> THE CAR PRICES HIT A RECORD IN AUGUST 1930 PERCENT OVER THE LAST THREE YEARS.

USED CAR PRICES ARE STILL UP 48% FROM AUGUST 2019 ACCORDING TO THE LATEST CONSUMER PRICE INDEX.

AUTOMAKERS ARE STILL FACING SHORTAGES OF COMPUTER CHIPS AND OTHER CAR PARTS.

>> THAT MEANS THE PRICES GO UP AND IT IS HARDER TO FIND COMPONENTS INTO GET THINGS FIXED WHEN YOU GO TO A REPAIR SHOP.

IT CREATES THIS SNOWBALL CYCLE.

>> RAISING INTEREST RATES MEANS SOME SHOPPERS ARE ALREADY BEING FORCED OUT OF THE MARKET.

PEOPLE WITH WEAK CREDIT RATINGS USUALLY MAKE UP 15% OF NEW CAR PURCHASES.

NOW THEY ARE DOWN TO JUST 5%.

THE AVERAGE NEW CAR LOAN INTEREST RATE REACHED 5.7% IN THE THIRD QUARTER OF THIS YEAR.

THE HIGHEST IT HAS BEEN SINCE 2019.

IF YOU CANNOT WAIT FOR THE MARKET TO IMPROVE AND NEED A CAR NOW HERE IS A TIP.

>> DO NOT GO TO A BANK WILL GET IT FROM THE DEALER TO GO TO A CREDIT UNION DO THEY HAVE LOWER RATES.

>>> IF YOU ARE A DOG LOVER THIS WILL COME AS NO SURPRISE.

THE ACT OF GIVING YOUR DOG AFFECTION BY PETTING THEM IS ACTUALLY REALLY GOOD FOR YOUR BRAIN.

NOW THERE IS SCIENTIFIC PROOF BEHIND IT, WHICH HAS BEEN PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL PLUS ONE.

THEY PLACED SCANS OF PEOPLE AND HAD THEM PET A DOG AND A STUFFED ANIMAL.

THE ACTIVITY IN THE BRAIN WAS VISIBLY BOOSTED WHEN THE PERSON GOT TO PET THE PUPPY.

WITH THE RESEARCH SUPPORTS THAT THE USE OF ANIMAL THERAPY TO HELP PEOPLE WITH EMOTIONAL AND NERVOUS SYSTEM ISSUES LIKE STROKES AND BRAIN TRAUMA.>>> YOU CAN FIND TONIGHT'S STORIES ON OUR WEBSITE, KPBS.ORG.

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GOOD NIGHT.